Meanings
plural goniosomatines
- Any harvestman of the subfamily Goniosomatinae.
As we mentioned above, females of goniosomatine harvestmen increase their foraging activities during the period of egg production and leave the cave habitat on a daily basis, while males and NOFs may remain stationary inside the cave for three or more days [43, 33 ].
2015 September 3, “Egg Production Constrains Chemical Defenses in a Neotropical Arachnid”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
From translingual Goniosoma + -ine.
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